Case for tennis rackets



I March 8 1927.

H. CHASE CASE FOR TENNIS RACKETS Filed Sept. 19. 1921 I INVENTOR fler'erz Ckaae Patented Mar. 8, 1927.

UNITED STATES 1,620,072 PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT CHASE, OF FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK.

CASE FOR TENNIS RACKETS.

Application filed September 19, 1921. Serial No. 501,675.

This invention relates to cases for tennis rackets and has particular application to certain novel and useful improvements in a case for holding a tennis racket.

In the present instance I have shown my invention in the form of a case opening at one end to receive the racket to be kept therein but wish it understood that the invention is not limited in its useful application to this specific type of construction.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide an air and moisture tight case designed primarily as a means of protecting the racket to be carried therein from the injurious effect of water and of moist air which otherwise have a tendency to injure or break the material used for stringing or cause the frame of the racket to warp.

Another object of the case is to provide a useful and convenient means for storing or carrying the racket when same is not in actual service.

It should be understood that while racketcases now in use are in some cases designed to exclude the elements to some extent, none of these has been provided with positive means for excluding water or air laden with moisture, in so far as I am aware.

In the present instance the case is made air tight so that neither water or moist air can enter once the case is closed and fastened.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a plan view of one embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side view of the racket case.

. Figure 3 is a sectional view of the joint between halves of the case when the case is closed on line X-X, Figure 2.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, like figures indicate like parts. A indicates the body portion of the case preferably made in two pieces A and A of impregnated fabric or other material impervious to air and water with permanent joints B cemented or made water and airtight by other means. The bows G and C are formed of metal or other relatively stifl but spring like material and are hinged by rivets or other means at points D, permanent water and airtight joints preferably being made between the members A and A and the bows C and O by cement or other suitable means.

Disposed between the body portions of the case at points between the bows C and C is a gasket E of rubber or other resilient water proof and airtight material. The gasket E may if desired be cemented or fastened in any other suitable way to one half of the body portion, A for example while the ends of the gasket at points adjacent to the hinge D are preferably cemented to both halves of the body portion of the case in such manner as to form a water proof and airtight jo'int at this point whether the case is open or closed.

When the case is closed the gasket E is pressed between the halves of the case A'- and A at points where the case is stiffened by the bows C and C thus forming a water proof and airtight joint, the catches or clips F hinged at points G serving to press the bows and the two halves of the case together against the gasket E, and to hold them in close engagement therewith. In order to assure this close engagement with the gasket E the clips F are preferably made of sheet spring brass or other similar material, and the bows may be formed of similar material and made with a slightly con- .veX surface on the face in engagement with the halves of the case A. When so formed additional pressure on the gasket results when the boWs O and C are held together by the clips F.

A handle H for convenient use in carrying the case may be cemented or fastened by other convenient means to the case as shown in the drawing, Figure 1.

While I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to all the precise details of construction herein set forth by way of illustration, as modification and variation may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or exceeding the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A tennis racket case comprising a body shaped to conform to and enclose a racket consisting of two sheet portions connected at their outer edges and forming a seal impervious to moisture, two jaws hingedly connected to the body at opposed points of the of the body whereby the open end of-Ithc case is'rendered moisture proof.

2. A tennis racket case comprising a body shaped to conform to and enclose a racket consisting of two sheet portions connected at their outer edges and forming ahseal iiln-i-r.

pervious to moisture, two jaws hingedly connected to the body at opposed points of the greatest width thereof, bows for stiff- 1 ening'the edges of the said jaws, a gasket New in the outer edges ofgthe said jaws and clamping elements for holding said jaws together, said gasket constituting it continuetion of 'theedgesemn of the body whereby the open end ot the case is rendered moisture proof.

Signed at New York in the county of York and--State of New York this 9th day of September, A. D. 1921.

' HERBERT CHASE. 

